After the storms

A week of two named storms: Dudley and Eunice. Windy on Wednesday and very windy today. Slow  but steady progress with the tiling, construction of the mini-wall in bedroom 1 which will be the bedhead, insertion of the the flue for the woodburning stove into the chimney (meaning the scaffolding can soon go), more paint on the walls, and the arrival of more sanitaryware.

Ian the joiner started the mini-wall construction by fitting the metalwork into grooves in the floor

both supports in place

and now there's a framework

we have a flue (and some temporary decorative wall-stuffing) in the sitting room,

a bird-proof cover on the chimney,

and some tasteful paint in the bedroom which will be Elizabeth's study

it's blinking bright in bedroom 2

the bathrooms and ensuites have been boarded ready for tiling

and the whole of the ground floor has had this matting fitted which separates the porcelain tiles from the concrete screed

this was the start of the tiling, in the dining area

and now we have more .....

and more .....

and more - made it to the hall

our bath has arrived

as have our toilets

and towel ladder rails and bathroom mirrors

Pat tells us that the tilers work slowly, and don't like the other trades there (for obvious reasons) while they are on the job. We hope that they will be back on Monday as they have missed Thursday and today. Que sera, sera.































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